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Saturday, March 21, 2009

National Park CCW on hold

Some of you guys know that National Park CCW was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in DC on Thursday. I read over he opinion and order.

My interpretation is that the judge is giving DOI until April 20 to decide what to do. She claimed that DOI failed to adequately analyze any "reasonably foreseeable" effects of the rule change, and she opined that any DGU is such an "Effect." She also said that DOI didn't provide enough explanation for why the rule change reversing past policy is needed.

I think DOI can meet these hurdles.

1) Environmental impactDOI just needs to explain that DGU's may happen at a rate that is perhaps unquantifiable.

2) Reversing past policy In 1983, there were pretty much NO CCW laws, so anyone carrying a loaded firearm was breaking the law. 25 years later, that is not the case.

NOLCREST DR. W., 900 block, 6 to 8:50 p.m. Feb. 19. Property was stolen from a residence entered by force. An attempt was made to break into a nearby residence. A Silver Spring man, 26, was arrested in connection with the two incidents.

NOLCREST DR. W., 900 block, 6 to 8:50 p.m. Feb. 19. Property was stolen from a residence entered by force. An attempt was made to break into a nearby residence. A Silver Spring man, 26, was arrested in connection with the two incidents.

BROADMOOR DR., 8400 block, 12:01 to 7 a.m. Feb. 11. A vehicle was stolen from a garage at a residence entered by force. The vehicle was recovered. Three people were arrested in the District in connection with the incident.

WESTLAND DR. S., 16600 block, Feb. 9. A man who said that he worked for the county told a woman working in her yard that he needed to inspect her basement. While he was there, two other men went in the home and took cash from an upstairs room.

MoCO Home Invasions Update 2-26-09

These were among incidents reported by the Montgomery County Police Department. For information, call 240-773-5030.

District 1 Rockville Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

HUNGERFORD DR., 500 block, 4:20 p.m. Feb. 8. An attempt was made to enter an occupied residence. The intruder fled after opening the front door. Nothing was reported missing.

WADE AVE., 900 block, Feb. 3. A residential burglary occurred. Two people were arrested on the scene.

District 2 Bethesda Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

WEST VIRGINIA AVE., 4400 block, 5 p.m. Feb. 3. Property was taken from a bedroom dresser by a man who said he and an accomplice were utility workers who needed to check on pipes.

District 3 Silver Spring Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

EISNER ST., 400 block, 3:10 p.m. Feb. 7. An attempt was made to break into a residence.

NAGLEE DR., 10400 block, 3:45 p.m. Feb. 6. An attempt was made to enter a residence. The intruder fled empty-handed in a Ford Crown Victoria.

District 4 Wheaton Station

PEEPING TOM INCIDENTS

CRICKET LANE, 14100 block, 5 p.m. Feb. 4. A man fled after being confronted while looking inside a residence through a sliding-glass door.

ROBBERIES

SINGERS GLEN DR., 3500 block, 12:37 p.m. Feb. 4. Three males forced a man inside his house from his front porch at gunpoint. The victim was ordered to the floor, struck with the weapon and robbed of property. The assailants fled in a black Honda. A short time later, the vehicle was stopped. Two Silver Spring males in the vehicle were arrested.

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

ARCOLA AVE., 2500 block, 1 p.m. Feb. 9. An attempt was made to break into an occupied residence. Three men were seen leaving the premises. Nothing was reported missing.

MoCO Home Invasions Update 2-12-09

These were among incidents reported by the Montgomery County Police Department. For information, call 240-773-5030.

District 1 Rockville Station

ROBBERIES

ALEUTIAN AVE., 13200 block, 10:10 p.m. Jan. 21. A man at a residence asked a teenager for cash and drugs, then threatened to shoot him. A 23-year-old man was arrested at the scene.

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BEAUVOIR BLVD., 17400 block, 2:45 p.m. Jan. 24. A man wearing a black mask over the lower part of his face rang a doorbell and was seen by an occupant as he looked through a window. After the occupant confronted the man, he fled to a waiting car, which drove away.

District 2 Bethesda Station

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BROAD ST., 6500 block, 6 p.m. Jan. 24. A person peering into a home through a sliding glass door fled when an occupant turned on lights. Nothing was reported missing.